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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:59:33 +0100
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Subject: Re: allow executing a path in backslash notation
From: Ilya Beylin <beylin.i@gmail.com>
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Thomas, you are right, it is rather an issue with bash:
when does not see a slash in the command name, it starts path
searching, and of course finds nothing.
Looks like a bug.

$ "$WINDIR\system32\cmd.exe" /c echo ok
bash: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe: command not found

$ "$WINDIR/system32\cmd.exe" /c echo ok
ok

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Ilya

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